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CVE-2016-3955

Kernel: usbip: buffer overflow by trusting length of incoming packets

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 17, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The usbip_recv_xbuff function in drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value in a USB/IP packet.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 7
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')